Licence for premises for use as pet shop, etc.
3.—(1)  A person must not use any premises —
(a)as a pet shop;
(b)to exhibit animals or birds;
(c)to distribute pet animals or birds;
(d)to breed pet animals or birds for reward;
(e)to board pet animals or birds for reward; or
(f)to rear pet animals or birds for reward,
unless the person is the holder of a valid licence issued by the Director-General under rule 4 in respect of those premises and uses the premises in accordance with the conditions (if any) of that licence.
(2)  A licence for the use of any premises as a pet shop is to be treated as a licence to also use the premises for any of the following:
(a)the rearing of pet animals or birds when they are kept or displayed for sale by retail or wholesale or for export at those premises;
(b)the exhibition or distribution of pet animals or birds.
(3)  A licence for the use of any premises to breed, or rear, pet animals or birds for reward is to be treated as a licence to also use those premises for any of the following:
(a)as a pet shop for such pet animals or birds;
(b)for the exhibition or distribution of such pet animals or birds,
that are bred or reared (as the case may be) at those premises.
(4)  Paragraph (1) does not apply to any premises in respect of which the Director-General has issued a directive under rule 7(2)(b) or (c) if those premises are used in accordance with that directive.
(5)  To avoid doubt, paragraph (1)(e) does not apply to any premises that are intended to be used, or are used, solely for pet day care.
[S 667/2024 wef 29/08/2024]